South Africa

Eskom says it expects to lift Stage 2 load shedding from 9pm this evening with the utility moving to implement stage 1 on Friday morning.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is currently holding stakeholder consultations on the proposed eligibility criteria and conditions for financial aid to be effective from 2022 academic year.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says the online booking system for drivers licences that was initially introduced in Gauteng has provided a basis for it to be rolled out nationally to deal with the license renewal backlog.

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says the R131 billion COP26 climate financing to help SA transition from coal to low-carbon energy has nothing to do with covering Eskom debt.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has handed four names to the Judicial Service Commission and political party leaders in Parliament for consideration for the position of Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court.

Entrepreneurs have been urged to use WhatsApp for Business as a tool to grow their small businesses and communicate directly with their customers.

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says Eskom management must take strong disciplinary action against employees at the power utility who “undermine” its work.

The police’s war on drugs produced positive results this week when detectives from the Northern Cape Organized Crime Unit confiscated drugs worth approximately R1 million when they pounced on an alleged drug laboratory in Kimberley.

South Africa now has 16 102 982 or 40.46% of its adult population who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since the start of the inoculation programme.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on residents to value their sanitation facilities to prevent the spread of illnesses in communities.

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy says the Glasgow climate conference outcome on helping developing countries like South Africa accelerate the phase down of unfiltered coal to low-carbon energy should be done in a manner that takes into consideration national interests and availability of resources.

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says South Africa will have to, amongst other things; add “a few more thousand megawatts” of electricity into the system before load shedding can be dealt with.

Gauteng Police have launched the 72-hour activation plan after a police officer was killed and two others wounded in the last 24 hours.

South Africa and Denmark have extended their working agreement to strengthen cooperation in the water sector for a further five years.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s appointment of five service providers to flight radio awareness campaigns related to the Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS) was an unlawful failure of duty on the part of the fund’s supply chain management.